diff --git a/src/windows/native/java/io/io_util_md.c b/src/windows/native/java/io/io_util_md.c
index d886aea9f622b106286755c3eb1b426d0328440d..55e9625377e247f5d4d89e214bbbd7857746b457 100644
--- a/src/windows/native/java/io/io_util_md.c
+++ b/src/windows/native/java/io/io_util_md.c
@@ -251,12 +251,6 @@ winFileHandleOpen(JNIEnv *env, jstring path, int flags)
     free(pathbuf);
 
     if (h == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-        int error = GetLastError();
-        if (error == ERROR_TOO_MANY_OPEN_FILES) {
-            JNU_ThrowByName(env, JNU_JAVAIOPKG "IOException",
-                            "Too many open files");
-            return -1;
-        }
         throwFileNotFoundException(env, path);
         return -1;
     }